bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task

Equal(adj)

not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement

Equal(adj)

evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just

Equal(adj)

of the same interest or concern; indifferent

Equal(adj)

intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed

Equal(adj)

exactly agreeing with respect to quantity

Equal(noun)

one not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."

Equal(noun)

state of being equal; equality

Equal(verb)

to be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with

Equal(verb)

to make equal return to; to recompense fully

Equal(verb)

to make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality

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Equal

Equal is a brand of artificial sweetener containing aspartame, dextrose and maltodextrin. It is marketed as a tabletop sweetener by Merisant, a global corporation which also used to own the well-known NutraSweet brand when it was a subsidiary of Monsanto and which has headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, Switzerland, Mexico, and Australia. In French Canada, Equal is known as "Égal".

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Equal

ē′kwal, adj. identical: of the same value: adequate: in just proportion: fit: equable: uniform: equitable: evenly balanced: just.—n. one of the same age, rank, &c.—v.t. to be, or to make, equal to:—pr.p.ē′qualling;pa.p.ē′qualled.—n.Equalisā′tion, the act of making equal: state of being equalised.—v.t.E′qualise, to make equal.—adj. and n.Equalitār′ian, of or pertaining to the equality of mankind.—n.Equal′ity, the condition of being equal: sameness: evenness.—adv.E′qually.—n.E′qualness, the state of being equal: evenness: uniformity.—v.t.Equāte′, to reduce to an average or to a common standard of comparison: to regard as equal:—pr.p.equāt′ing;pa.p.equāt′ed.—ns.Equā′tion, the act of making equal: (alg.) a statement of the equality of two quantities: reduction to a mean proportion; Equā′tor (geog.), a great circle passing round the middle of the globe and dividing it into two equal parts: (astron.) the equinoctial.—adj.Equatō′rial, of or pertaining to the equator.—n. an instrument for observing and following a celestial body in any part of its diurnal course.—adv.Equatō′rially, so as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.—Equal to the occasion, fit or able for an emergency.—Equation of time, the reduction from mean solar time to apparent solar time.—An equal (Spens.), a state of equality.—Personal equation, any error common to all the observations of some one person, any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made. [L. æqualis—æquāre, to make equal—æquus, equal.]

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Equal

To have equal amount of strength or force on two or more sides

We have a balanced force because she weighs 85 pounds like me and she is pulling on the other side